Em Lazer-Walker has an interesting post…
Em Lazer-Walker has an interesting post suggesting how game design could be used to make virtual events more social. 🎮
Em Lazer-Walker has an interesting post suggesting how game design could be used to make virtual events more social. 🎮
Here’s a list of guidelines a designer needs to know about accessibility from Jesse Hausler. One of the points that stuck in my mind was that you should design for a “diverse set of users” who will interact with your products. This might be people who can’t see colors or have full use of hands,…
Upcoming Events 📆 There is a free webinar today (January 29th) on the subject of WordPress’s Full Site Editor and themes. It will be hosted by Carolina Nymark, Ari Stathopoulos, Anne McCarthy, and Birgit Pauli-Haack. WordCamp India 2021 will take place over three weekends from January 30 to February 14, 2021! Coming up on March…
Tanner Christensen is a product designer at Facebook, and while his post describes what he’s learned about effectively holding design critique sessions, it’s quite applicable to other areas of work. If you are in a team environment, adopting a clear and detailed plan for organized critique could be beneficial. Tanner lays it out in four primary…
Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design — a combination of unpleasant UX that follows unhealthy design fads, broken links, and quick fixes. 🗑️ Websites should last for years, so think about what your site will look like in 2, 5, or 20 years. 👴 Frederick also recommends modular thinking and designing for accessibility to be…
K. Adam White is the design lead on the WordPress REST API, and has been involved with the project for the last three years. On the Bocoup blog, he gives an in-depth overview of his time with the project that proves educational and enlightening.
Gutenberg 3.5 is out with another long list of features, but the clear majority of items are improvements that refine and polish the user experience, like styles for checkbox components and states for buttons. About 50% of all Gutenberg downloads have happened in the past week since the callout in WordPress 4.9.8. There are over 100,000 active…